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1/5-SCALE FOUR-STROKE MOTORCYCLE
Thumper
power on
two wheels
WORDS LITO REYES PHOTOS PETE HALL & LITO REYES
Nolan Farmer lives and breathes motorcycles. Maybe it has something to do with
all the years he spent as an enduro racer, designer and mechanic. When he set
out to combine his skills with Solidworks design software, his experience with
CNC machining and his love of motorcycles, the R30FS was born. One of his goals
was to create a 1⁄5-scale motorcycle package designed around a 4-stroke engine.
Building it from the ground up instead of using an existing platform opened up all
sorts of possibilities, including a perimeter frame just like a full-size bike’s. Will the
R30FS ever make it into full-bore production? Only Nolan knows for sure. In the
